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'''Homer Jack'''

==SANE==
In 1978 [[Homer Jack]] served on the Board of Directors of [[SANE]]-"A Citizens' Organization for a Sane World".<ref>SANE letterhead May, 1978</ref>

===Inspired by Spock===
In the early 1960s [[SANE]] "recognized the environmental and health impact brought on by the nuclear age". In 1962, convinced that nuclear testing would have a negative effect on generations of children, Dr. [[Benjamin Spock]] made an "inspired move" to unite health care professionals with the nuclear abolition movement.

[[SANE]]’s Executive Director, [[Homer Jack]], convinced Spock to go public with his beliefs. The New York Times advertisement
declared “Dr. Spock is Worried” and "our nation took to the streets in defense of children and the environment".

:''The connection was clear. Nuclear testing left radiated uranium deposits in the soil and water table. Once dispersed, the radiation infected the grass and grazing animals - moving its way through the ecosystem into our food supply and into our bodies.'' 

At a late 2000s  [[Peace Action]] Congressional book reception, Congressperson [[Ed Markey]] commented on this truth and how Dr. Spock inspired him as a teenager to get involved in the nuclear abolition movement.<ref>[The Quarterly Newsletter of Peace Actionn and the Peace Action Education Fund Winter 2007 Vol.46 No. 3]</ref>

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